The  UJorld=U)ide 

Sunday  School  Field 


J}  M ews'Letter  to  the  Friends  of  the 
Sunday  School 


World’s  Sunday  School 
Association 

SIR  ROBERT  LAIDLAW,  President 
London,  England 
H.  J.  HEINZ,  Chairman 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

American  Section 

E.  K.  WARREN,  Chairman  Central  Committee 
Three  Oaks,  Mich. 

ARTHUR  M.  HARRIS,  Treasurer 
New  York  City 

FRANK  L.  BROWN,  General  Secretary 
New  York  City 

Address  all  Communications  to 
216  Metropolitan  Tower,  1 Madison  Avenue 
New  York  City 


A PERSONAL  WORD  FROM  THE  JOINT 
GENERAL  SECRETARY 

The  first  message  from  the  new  Secretary 
and  the  new  Headquarters  is  a grateful  ac- 
knowledgment of  indebtedness  to  my  beloved 
friend,  Marion  Lawrance,  for  those  visions  of 
service  and  standards  of  work  that  have  come 
out  of  these  years  of  privileged  association 
with  him  in  a friendship  never  to  be  broken. 

And  there  is  unstinted  praise  for  the  fine 
records  of  past  work  which  have  come  to  the 
New  York  office  because  of  the  splendid  busi- 
ness administration  of  the  World’s  Work  by 
Mr.  Bert  Cashman,  Mr.  Lawrance’s  secretary, 
whose  faithful  work,  high  ideals  and  delicate 
personal  touch  is  demonstrated  in  every  de- 
partment of  the  work. 

To  carry  into  the  new  administration  the 
work,  ideals  and  spirit  of  the  past  is  no  light 
task.  Only  the  leadership  of  the  Master  will 
make  possible  the  going  on  from  strength  to 
strength.  And  that  strength  is  promised  to 
those  who  ask  in  the  Master’s  name. 

Continuing  the  custom  of  the  Chicago  office, 
the  staff  of  the  new  World’s  Office  assembles 
each  day  at  noon  to  invoke  the  Divine  blessing 
upon  the  world-wide  work.  We  ask  all  friends 
of  the  Sunday  School  to  join  with  us  at  the 
noon  hour  in  prayer  to  the  “Lord  of  the 
Harvest.” 

FRANK  L.  BROWN. 


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OUR  AIM 

To  promote  the  Missionary  idea  in  Sunday 
School  work. 

To  promote  the  Sunday  School  idea  in  Mis- 
sionary work. 

OUR  POLICY  FOR  THE  TRIENNIUM 
As  Adopted  at  the  Philadelphia  Meeting, 
April  23,  1914 

To  make  effective  the  “Findings”  of  the  Six 
Commissions  which  reported  at  the  Zurich 
Convention,  and  especially  in  the  following  im- 
portant respects: 

1 .  — Co-operation 

(a)  To  cultivate  the  closest  possible  relation- 
ship with  mission  boards  and  Sunday  School 
and  other  agencies  related  to  the  work  upon 
the  fields. 

2.  — Organization 

(b)  To  develop  the  organization  of  the  fields 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee in  close  co-operation  with  the  agencies 
interested. 

3.  — Leadership 

(c)  To  co-operate  in  the  development  of  a 
Sunday  School  leadership  in  organization,  pas- 
toral, Missionary  and  teaching  work. 

4.  — Literature 

(d)  To  promote  a literature  for  purposes  of 
such  training,  and  for  the  provision  of  pure 
reading  for  the  children  and  the  home. 

5.  — Publicity 

(e)  To  promote  upon  the  home  and  foreign 
fields  a vision  of  the  Sunday  School  as  an  effec- 
tive instrument  for  the  winning  of  the  world 
to  Christ,  and  as  a place  of  enlistment  for 
service. 


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Metropolitan  Tower,  New  York  City,  Home 

of  the  World’s  Sunday  School  Association 

The  new  office  of  the  American  Section 
of  the  World’s  Sunday  School  Association 
was  opened  on  April  1,  in  the  Metropolitan 
Tower,  New  York  City.  The  office  suite  con- 
sists of  three  large,  light,  airy  rooms  on  the 
twenty-first  floor,  overlooking  what  is,  per- 
haps, the  busiest  and  most  densely  populated 
area  on  this  continent. 


The  view  from  this  fifty-story  tower  is  one 
of  the  sights  of  New  York  City  which  attracts 
many  visitors.  Our  out-of-town  friends  are 
cordially  invited  to  visit  us  when  they  are  in 
New  York. 


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RESIGNATION  OF  MR.  FRED  A.  WELLS 

At  the  April,  1914,  meeting  of  the  Central 
Committee  of  the  World’s  Sunday  School  As- 
sociation the  resignation  of  the  Treasurer,  Mr. 
Fred  A.  Wells,  was  tendered  and  accepted. 
Mr.  Wells  made  it  clear  that  his  step  was 
prompted  solely  by  consideration  of  the  high- 
est welfare  of  the  Association.  He  thought 
that,  with  the  new  Headquarters  in  New  York 
City,  the  Treasurer  should  be  a New  York  man 
who  could  give  the  work  his  personal  atten- 
tion throughout  the  year. 

The  following  expression  of  appreciation  was 
unanimously  passed: 

Appreciation  of  Fred  A.  Wells 

“The  Executive  Committee  of  the  American 
Section  of  the  World’s  Sunday  School  Asso- 
ciation in  accepting  the  resignation  of  Mr. 
Fred  A.  Wells  desires  to  record  its  hearty  ap- 
preciation of  the  six  years  of  service  which 
he  has  given  to  the  work  of  Treasurer.  Dur- 
ing the  six  years  of  Mr.  Wells’  administration 
the  resources  of  the  Association  have  been 
steadily  developed.  His  plans  for  conserving 
the  ingathering  and  expenditure  of  the  funds 
have  been  in  the  highest  degree  businesslike. 
He  has  imparted  to  his  work  and  to  those 
who  have  co-operated  with  him  an  unusual  de- 
gree of  enthusiasm  for  this  service.  The 
change  in  the  office  of  Treasurer  is  made  only 
at  his  earnest  request,  and  in  order  to  give 
larger  effectiveness  to  the  work  of  the  new 
Headquarters  by  the  election  of  a man  in 
proximity  to  the  New  York  office.  The  quality 
of  Mr.  Wells’  work,  in  the  midst  of  a busy 
business  career,  is  the  finest  evidence  of  his 
consecration. 

It  is  a matter  of  congratulation  to  the  Asso- 
ciation that  Mr.  Wells  has  accepted  the  office 
of  Assistant  Treasurer,  which  will  retain  him 
as  a member  of  the  Executive  Committee  and 
will  give  the  work  the  benefit  of  his  counsel 
and  aid.” 


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Mr.  Arthur  M.  Harris 
THE  NEW  TREASURER 

Mr.  Wells  nominated  as  his  successor  Mr. 
Arthur  M.  Harris,  of  the  well-known  banking 
firm  of  Harris,  Forbes  & Co.,  New  York  City, 
one  of  the  largest  bond  houses  in  America. 
Mr.  Harris  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  lay- 
men in  the  Baptist  Church  of  the  United  States. 
He  is  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  of 
the  Baptist  Ministers’  and  Missionaries’  Bene- 
fit Fund  of  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention, 
and  Chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  of  the 
New  Jersey  State  Sunday  School  Association, 
Vice-President  of  the  Army  Branch  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  New  York  City,  as  well  as  the 
Superintendent  of  a flourishing  Sunday  School 
in  the  First  Baptist  Church,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

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HON.  JOHN  WANAMAKER  ON  THE 
EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

The  Hon.  John  Wanamaker,  who  has  been 
for  a number  of  years  an  honorary  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  World’s  Sunday  School  Associa- 
tion, was  elected  to  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee at  the  Philadelphia  meeting,  and  has 
expressed  his  willingness  to  serve.  Mr.  Wana- 
maker, because  of  his  long  and  successful  con- 
nection with  Sunday  School  work,  and  his  emi- 
nence in  business  and  public  affairs,  will  be  a 
valuable  addition  to  the  committee. 

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STRONG  MEN  FOR  THE  ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE 

Dr.  John  R.  Mott,  Chairman  of  the  Continua- 
tion Committee  of  the  Edinburgh  Conference, 
and  Dr.  Edgar  Blake,  Secretary  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Board  of  Sunday  Schools,  have 
been  elected  advisory  members  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  of  the  World’s  Sunday 
School  Association. 

NOTES  FROM  THE  FIELD 
SOUTH  AMERICA 

From  the  Rev.  H.  C.  Tucker,  President  of 
the  Brazil  Sunday  School  Union,  there  comes 
an  encouraging  message  concerning  the  Sunday 
School  work  in  the  big  republic.  He  writes 
that  there  is  eager  interest  awakening  through- 
out the  churches,  and  that  now  is  the  strategic 
time  for  an  advance  in  Sunday  School  work. 

Mr.  Tucker  has  just  completed  a series  of 
Sunday  School  Conventions,  and  is  planning 
for  a State  Convention  in  the  State  of  Sao 
Paulo;  mass  meetings  and  conferences  at  two 
points  in  the  State  of  Parana;  a convention  at 
Port  Alegre,  in  the  State  of  Rio  Grande  do 
Sul,  and  a Sunday  School  mass  meeting  and 
conference  of  workers  at  Uruguana  in  the  same 
state. 

The  Republic  of  Uruguay  will  then  be  visited. 
The  World’s  Association  has  just  contributed 
$200.00  for  the  translation  of  a teacher-train- 
ing book  for  use  in  Brazil.  Secretaries  are  in 
prospect  also  for  Argentina  and  for  the  west- 
ern coast,  to  do  work  similar  to  that  now  being 
done  so  efficiently  in  Brazil. 

JAPAN 

Tokyo  Convention  Date  Fixed — October 
18-25,  1916 

From  cable  advices  received  from  Japan  it  is 
now  possible  to  fix  definitely  the  date  of  the 
Eighth  World’s  Sunday  School  Convention  at 
October  18-25,  1916.  This  date  is  about  a 
month  before  the  expected  coronation  of  the 
Emperor,  and  Japan  will  be  at  her  best,  as  it  is 
the  time  for  the  blooming  of  the  chrysanthe- 
mum, for  which  Japan  is  famous. 


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Count  Okuma,  the  New  Japanese  Premier 


While  the  attention  of  the  world  is  being 
focused  upon  Japan’s  new  Premier,  Count 
Shigenobu  Okuma,  it  is  a great  satisfaction  to 
the  friends  of  the  Sunday  School  to  know  that 
this  great  Japanese  statesman  is  also  a warm 
friend  of  the  Sunday  School.  Count  Okuma, 
as  is  well  known,  is  one  of  the  Japanese  pro- 
moters of  the  Tokyo  Convention,  and  has 
manifested  the  most  lively  interest  in  the 
cause.  He  is  Chairman  of  the  Convention 
Patrons’  Association.  When  he  was  asked  if 
he  could  still  be  chairman,  now  that  he  is  the 
Prime  Minister  of  the  Empire,  he  answered, 
“Yes,  to  be  sure;  that  will  make  no  difference.” 


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Hon.  Soroku  Ebara,  Chairman  of  General 
Committee 

Until  quite  recently  Count  Okuma  was  also 
Chairman  of  the  General  Committee  to  pro- 
mote the  World’s  Convention.  He  is  now 
succeeded  by  the  Hon.  Soroku  Ebara,  of  the 
House  of  Peers,  a Christian  statesman,  and 
one  of  the  speakers  at  the  conferences  held 
during  the  visit  of  the  World’s  Association 
Commission  on  the  Orient  last  year. 

Japanese  Souvenir  for  Each  Convention 
Delegate 

From  the  Sunday  School  Bulletin  of  the 
Federated  Missions  of  Japan  we  learn  that  one 
of  the  plans  of  the  local  committee  on  the 
Convention  is  to  present  each  delegate  with  a 
gift  representing  some  characteristic  Japanese 
production.  This  is  a Japanese  idea,  and  is 
typical  of  the  enthusiasm  with  which  they  are 
working  to  make  the  Tokyo  Convention  the 
best  ever  held. 


An  Open  Secret 

Mr.  Masavumi  Kavada,  Principal  of  the 
Middle  School  at  Tokyo,  who  is  now  in 
America,  commissioned  by  the  Japanese  Gov- 
ernment to  study  educational  plans,  asked 
among  the  first  questions  after  his  arrival  in 
New  York  what  America  was  doing  in  moral 
education.  He  was  taken  to  one  of  the  Brook- 
lyn Sunday  Schools  and,  after  inspection  of 
the  various  departments  from  the  Cradle  Roll 
Class  to  the  Adult,  made  this  significant  state- 
ment: “I  can  now  see  the  secret  of  America’s 
greatness.  You  are  studying  one  Book,  and 
you  are  educating  from  the  earliest  years.  We 
shall  want  to  start  something  similar  when  I 
return  to  Japan.” 

Tokyo  Convention  Cable  Address 

The  National  Sunday  School  Association  of 
Japan  has  adopted  as  a cable  address  for  the 
Convention  the  word  “Raikes,”  in  honor  of 
Robert  Raikes,  the  founder  of  the  first  Sunday 
School. 


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Educational  Secretary  for  Japan 

The  Rev.  Horace  E.  Coleman,  of  the  Friends’ 
Mission,  who  was  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
of  Arrangements  for  the  Heinz  Oriental  Tour 
Party  of  the  World’s  Sunday  School  Associa- 
tion, has  been  chosen  Sunday  School  Educa- 
tional Secretary  for  Japan.  He  will  arrive  in 
this  country  in  a short  time,  and  will  post  him- 
self on  the  latest  and  best  methods  of  Religious 
Education  before  his  return  to  Japan. 

This  is  a new  office  whose  purpose  is  to 
develop  a Sunday  School  leadership  in  Japan 
among  the  students  of  theological  seminaries, 
Sunday  Schools,  and  other  Christian  institu- 
tions. 

Tokyo  School  for  Religious  Education 

Plans  are  being  considered  for  the  erection 
in  Japan  of  an  educational  building  of  unique 
character.  Everyone  recognizes  the  great  need 
in  the  so-called  non-Christian  lands  for  train- 
ing in  Christian  leadership  of  all  kinds,  and 
especially  is  there  need  of  trained  Sunday 
School  leadership.  To  meet  this  need  for 
Japan  the  World’s  Sunday  School  Association 
purposes  to  erect,  as  part  of  the  proposed 
Tokyo  Christian  University  system,  a school 
of  Sunday  School  method,  similar  to  the  Hart- 
ford School  of  Religious  Pedagogy  at  Hart- 
ford, Conn.  This  school  will  serve  admirably 
to  make  permanent  the  Sunday  School  spirit 
and  impulse  which  may  be  generated  in  Japan 
by  the  Tokyo  Convention. 

CHINA 

Sunday  Schools  in  Former  Heathen  Temples 

The  opportunity  offered  for  a Sunday  School 
advance  in  the  young  Chinese  Republic  to-day 
is  positively  staggering  in  magnitude.  Some 
of  the  members  of  the  World’s  Sunday  School 
Association  Oriental  Tour  party  which  circled 
the  globe  last  year  under  the  leadership  of 
Mr.  H.  J.  Heinz,  Chairman,  stopped  off  in  the 
City  of  Kiukiang  on  the  Yangste  River. 
Kiukiang  is  a city  of  82,000,  and  the  center  of 
a populous  district  of  5,000,000  souls.  For  nine 
years  Miss  Jennie  F.  Hughes,  a Brooklyn  Sun- 
day School  girl,  has  been  the  only  foreign  mis- 
sionary in  all  that  great  district. 


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Miss  Hughes  is  an  enthusiastic  Sunday 
School  worker,  and  has  done  remarkable  work. 
Her  “Bible  Women’s  Training  School”  is  turn- 
ing out  trained  Sunday  School  teachers  con- 
tinuously. Every  day-school  on  her  district 
is  a Sunday  School  as  well,  and  the  teacher 
is  usually  also  a superintendent  and  pastor. 
Over  2,000  boys  and  girls  are  numbered  in 
these  district  schools.  As  a reward  for  at- 
tendance old  picture  post  cards  are  given,  for 
want  of  anything  better  to  give.  In  the  City 
of  Kiukiang  there  are  seven  Sunday  Schools 
with  an  attendance  of  1500  pupils.  The  city 
authorities  have  been  so  favorably  impressed 
by  Miss  Hughes’  work  that  they  have  thrown 
open  the  Confucian  and  Buddhist  temples  for 
her  free  use  as  Sunday  Schools. 

KOREA 

“A  Little  Child  Shall  Lead  Them” 

The  revival  spirit  which  seems  to  dominate 
all  the  new  converts  of  Korea  has  caught  even 
the  Korean  children.  The  Sunday  School 
children  are  gathering  in  from  the  streets  the 
boys  and  girls  who  are  non-Christians.  This 
is  a new  departure  for  Korea,  for  until  recently 
only  the  children  of  Christian  parents  were  in 
the  Sunday  School.  Under  the  leadership  of 
Rev.  M.  L.  Swinehart,  Rev.  J.  G.  Holdcroft,  Dr. 
Underwood,  Dr.  Noble  and  others,  the  cam- 
paign for  bringing  in  the  heathen  boys  and 
girls  has  been  going  on  aggressively.  Over 
2500  were  brought  into  the  Sunday  School  in 
the  Southern  Presbyterian  Mission  alone 
through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Swinehart. 

Influential  Japanese  Become  Sunday  School 
Scholars 

An  encouraging  result  of  one  of  the  con- 
ferences held  in  Japan  and  Korea  by  the 
World’s  Sunday  School  Association  Commis- 
sion to  the  Orient  last  year  has  just  been  re- 
ported in  a letter  from  Dr.  H.  G.  Underwood, 
of  Seoul,  Korea.  As  a result  of  a conference 
the  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Japanese 
Church  in  Seoul  were  called  together,  and  the 
head  of  the  national  forestry  department,  after 


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addressing  all  the  members  of  the  Church,  an- 
nounced that  he  was  going  to  become  a scholar 
in  the  Sunday  School.  Judge  Watanabe,  of  the 
Court  of  Appeals,  made  the  same  announce- 
ment. As  a result  a large  number  of  the 
members  of  the  Church  are  now  also  members 
of  the  Sunday  School.  The  action  taken  by 
the  leaders  was  far  more  effective  than  their 
simply  saying  that  they  were  going  to  attend 
the  Sunday  School;  the  definite  statement  that 
they  were  going  to  attend  as  scholars  caused 
the  others  to  fall  into  line.  This  is  a new  thing 
for  the  Japanese,  who  have  heretofore  left  the 
Sunday  School  largely  to  the  children. 

THE  PHILIPPINES 

A Record  Convention 

A report  from  Acting  Secretary,  James  L. 
McLaughlin,  at  the  head  of  the  Sunday  School 
work  in  the  Philippines,  shows  that  he  returned 
from  Zurich  fired  with  enthusiasm.  As  a re- 
sult, by  the  writing  of  six  hundred  letters  and 
by  careful  organization  he  was  able  to  pro- 
mote the  best  Sunday  School  Convention  ever 
held  in  the  Philippines,  with  a registration  of 
365,  representing  160  different  schools  from  37 
different  provinces.  After  a remarkable  con- 
vention a farewell  Sunday  afternoon  meeting 
was  held  in  one  of  the  big  theatres.  The  out- 
look for  the  Sunday  School  work  in  the  Philip- 
pines continues  to  grow  brighter.  The  World’s 
Sunday  School  Association  is  planning  to  grasp 
the  present  strategic  opportunity  and  put  a 
secretary  in  the  field  on  full  time  in  the  near 
future. 


The  Bonfire  at  Vigan 

A remarkable  bonfire  occurrred  recently  in 
northern  Luzon.  Twenty-five  hundred  Bibles 
were  publicly  burned  in  the  plaza  of  Vigan,  the 
largest  and  most  important  city  of  that  sec- 
tion. These  Bibles  had  been  distributed  by 
Mr.  James  L.  McLaughlin  in  connection  with 
a cinematograph  exhibit  of  scriptural  films. 
The  Roman  Catholic  authorities  in  turn  gave 
a cinematograph  exhibit,  exacting  as  admission 
fee  one  of  the  thousands  of  Bibles  that  had 


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been  distributed.  Some  2,000  gave  this  strange 
fee,  and  then  the  Bibles  were  publicly  burned 
on  the  plaza  by  the  Catholic  authorities.  The 
result,  however,  was  that  on  the  day  after  the 
bonfire  3,000  additional  Bibles  were  disposed 
of  by  the  representatives  of  the  American  Bible 
Society.  This  unique  advertisement  of  the 
Bible  will  doubtless  make  for  the  furtherance 
of  the  Gospel  in  the  Philippines,  as  wide  at- 
tention has  been  attracted  to  the  event. 

MOSLEM  LANDS 

The  purpose  of  the  Committee  on  Moslem 
Lands  of  the  World’s  Association  is  to  reach 
Moslem  childhood.  Its  plans  are  made  in 
co-operation  with  foreign  missionary  boards 
and  their  representatives  on  the  field.  This 
co-operation  is  assured  through  the  executive 
officers  and  leading  foreign  representatives  of 
the  several  societies. 

The  Committee 

The  members  of  this  Committee  are:  Bishop 
J.  C.  Hartzell,  of  Africa;  Dr.  S.  M.  Zwemer, 
Cairo;  Dr.  E.  F.  Frease,  Algiers;  Dr.  John 
Giffen  and  Miss  Johnson,  Egypt;  and,  as  ad- 
visory members,  Mr.  E.  K.  Warren,  Three 
Oaks,  Mich.,  and  Mr.  Marion  Lawrance,  Chi- 
cago. 

The  Importance  of  the  Task 

There  are  80,000,000  Moslem  children  under 
fourteen  years  of  age,  whose  moral  degrada- 
tion is  unparalleled  even  in  barbaric  heathen- 
ism. Moslem  boys  and  girls  form  the  most 
neglected  part  of  the  non-Christian  world.  “If 
this  childhood  cannot  be  reached  and  re- 
deemed,” says  Bishop  Hartzell,  “there  can  be 
no  world-victory  for  the  Cross  over  the  cres- 
cent, and  the  rule  of  Mohammedanism  over 
more  than  200,000,000,  or  one-seventh  of  the 
people  of  the  world,  will  not  only  go  on,  but 
the  numbers  will  continue  rapidly  to  increase.” 


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A Work  of  Wide  Appeal 

The  money  needed  until  October,  1916,  when 
the  Eighth  World’s  Sunday  School  Convention 
meets  in  Tokyo,  has  been  provided.  Friends  in 
Europe,  led  by  Sir  Robert  Laidlaw,  gave  $6,000; 
and  at  a remarkable  series  of  meetings  held  in 
America  during  twelve  days  in  as  many  cities, 
the  sum  of  $45,000  was  subscribed. 

The  Treasurer’s  correspondence  reveals  the 
fact  that  the  effort  to  help  these  neglected  chil- 
dren has  taken  strong  hold  upon  the  hearts  of 
American  givers  of  all  ages.  From  a Highland, 
N.  Y.,  Sunday  School  comes  a contribution 
from  a cradle  roll  of  a penny  for  each  baby. 
What  a beautiful  thing  it  would  be  if  every 
cradle  roll  class  in  the  land  could  be  started 
with  the  missionary  spirit  by  doing  something 
—however  small — for  the  little  tots  born  into 
the  moral  darkness  of  Mohammedanism!  A 
letter  from  Toledo,  Ohio,  reads:  “Enclosed 
please  find  check  for  $3  for  March,  April  and 
May,  for  the  Moslem  fund  from  my  class  of 
girls.  Hope  to  send  one  dollar  per  month  as 
long  as  possible.”  Truly  the  Master  has  put 
this  work  upon  the  hearts  of  our  people. 


The  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Stephen  Van  R.  Trowbridge 

The  First  Sunday  School  Secretary  for  Work 
Among  Moslems 

The  securing  for  Secretary  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Rev.  Stephen  Van  R.  Trowbridge 
is  another  proof  of  providential  leadership. 

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Mr.  Trowbridge  was  graduated  from  Prince- 
ton University  in  1902  and  from  Hartford 
Theological  Seminary  in  1905.  He  was  for  six 
years  engaged  in  missionary  work  in  Turkey, 
and  for  the  last  three  years  has  been  pastor  of 
St.  Paul’s  Congregationalist  Church,  Brooklyn, 
where  he  has  had  a most  successful  pastorate. 
Mrs.  Trowbridge  has  also  seen  service  in 
Turkey,  and  shares  her  husband’s  passion  for 
the  work. 

Of  his  new  work  he  writes: 

“The  children  of  Egypt  and  North  Africa 
have  before  them  the  example  of  Mohammed 
just  as  the  children  of  America  have  the  life  of 
Christ  before  them.  But  Mohammed  yielded 
to  one  temptation  after  another.  He  could  not 
say,  ‘He  that  hath  seen  me  hath  seen  the 
Father,’  because  his  life  was  marred  by  sensual- 
ity, intolerance,  deceit  and  violence.  Moham- 
med never  took  a child  and  placed  him  in  the 
midst  of  his  disciples.  In  fact,  there  is  little 
chance  under  the  iron  rule  of  the  Koran  for 
the  development  of  the  real  qualities  of  child- 
hood. 

“But  the  Sunday  School  movement,  in  full 
co-operation  with  the  missionaries  on  the  field, 
offers  to  the  eighty  million  boys  and  girls 
throughout  the  Moslem  world  the  vision  of  the 
face  of  Jesus  and  the  sweet  and  holy  influence 
of  His  friendship. 

“Mrs.  Trowbridge  and  I look  forward  eagerly 
to  the  new  work  in  Cairo.  Our  earnest  desire 
is  that  there  may  be  a volume  of  heartfelt 
prayer  throughout  the  Sunday  Schools  of  the 
homeland  that  God’s  Spirit  may  give  us  cour- 
age and  tact  and  perseverance  to  bring  many 
of  those  dear  children  into  the  knowledge  of 
the  love  of  Christ.” 

Other  Plans 

Plans  for  the  inauguration  of  the  work  in 
Egypt,  Turkey-in-Europe,  Albania,  North 
Africa,  East  Arabia,  Persia,  and  India  are  well 
advanced.  Universities,  colleges  and  theologi- 
cal seminaries  are  to  be  visited  and,  as  the  way 
opens,  conferences  held  in  the  interests  of 
reaching  Moslem  childhood  and  securing  con- 


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secrated  young  men  and  women  who  will  give 
their  lives  for  this  service.  The  work  of  pre- 
paring much-needed  specialized  literature  has 
been  begun.  Trained  specialists  in  Sunday 
School  work  are  being  secured  for  various 
fields,  who,  in  co-operation  with  missionaries, 
will  hold  conferences  on  how  best  to  reach 
Moslem  children.  The  mission  is  one  of  love, 
inspiration  and  co-operation;  all  in  the  Spirit 
of  Christ,  and  using  the  latest  up-to-date 
methods. 

Moslem  Conferences  of  Dr.  John  R.  Mott 

A series  of  Moslem  Conferences  is  to  be  held 
under  the  leadership  of  Dr.  John  R.  Mott  in 
Algiers,  Cairo,  Constantinople  and  Beirut,  from 
January  15th  to  March  15th,  1915.  Moslem 
Childhood  will  be  one  of  the  subjects  for  care- 
ful study.  Bishop  Hartzell,  Mr.  Frank  L. 
Brown,  and  Rev.  S.  Van  R.  Trowbridge  are 
planning  to  attend  one  or  more  of  these  im- 
portant gatherings. 


THE  SAMARITANS 

“I  do  not  know  of  any  more  interesting — 
pathetically  interesting — remnant  on  the  face 
of  the  earth  to-day  than  the  Samaritan  people.” 
— Prof.  Charles  C.  Tamey,  Yale  University. 


The  Committee  on  the  Samaritans,  consist- 
ing of  Mr.  E.  K.  Warren,  Chairman,  Dr.  Geo. 
W.  Bailey  and  Rev.  E.  I.  Rexford,  reports  that 
a school  has  been  started  among  that  people, 
with  a teacher  in  Arabic  and  arithmetic,  and 
one  of  the  priests  in  Samaritan.  A teacher  is 
to  be  engaged  for  Hebrew.  Plans  are  being 
made  for  a girls’  school.  The  High  Priest  of 
the  little  remnant  is  filled  with  joy  and  grati- 
tude to  think  that  he  has  lived  to  see  the  day 
when  his  nation  has  “such  friends  across  the 
sea.”  The  local  Palestine  committee,  consist- 
ing of  Mr.  S.  C.  Webb,  an  English  missionary 
at  Nablus,  as  chairman,  and  the  Hon.  John 
Whiting,  U.  S.  Vice-consul  at  Jerusalem,  is 
taking  hold  of  the  local  responsibility  splen- 
didly. 


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DEPARTMENT  FOR  UTILIZING 
SURPLUS  MATERIAL 


More  than  12,000  Sunday  Schools  and  indi- 
viduals have  been  related  by  this  department  to 
places  of  need  on  the  foreign  field.  All  sorts 
of  used  and  new  supplies  have  been  sent,  in- 
cluding thirteen  organs  and  tons  of  pictures 
and  papers.  From  all  over  the  world  mission- 
aries are  gratefully  responding.  The  following 
expressions  of  gratitude  are  typical  of  the 
hundreds  pouring  into  the  office  of  the  Super- 
intendent of  the  Department,  Rev.  Samuel  D. 
Price: 


From  Chiengmai,  Siam — 

Very  many  thanks  for  the  pictures  illustrat- 
ing stories  in  Genesis,  sent  by  Miss  Elizabeth 
Senn,  Laurens,  S.  C.,  at  your  suggestion.  They 
are  just  what  we  need,  and  we  could  use  a large 
number  more  of  the  same  kind — either  large 
rolls  or  small  pictures — to  excellent  advantage. 
We  begin  on  Monday  a series  in  Genesis  and 
Exodus  which  will  cover  many  months.  We 
are  very  grateful  for  your  help.  Many  hun- 
dreds of  persons  have  been  baptized  here 
since  the  new  year  began. 

From  Gura,  Assam,  India — 

Very  many  thanks  to  you  for  the  Sunday 
School  picture  cards  sent  to  me.  I distribute 
them  to  our  village  teachers  and  other  workers, 
and  they  make  good  use  of  them  in  their 
teaching.  Through  your  help  I have  also  re- 
ceived two  other  picture  cards  that  I am  using. 
Many  homes  in  this  land  have  never  been 
cheered  by  even  so  much  as  a post  card  pic- 
ture. The  people  do  appreciate  such  things, 
and  we  like  to  cheer  and  brighten  up  their 
lives  as  much  as  possible. 

China  Inland  Mission,  Tuhshan  Kwei — 

If  those  who  send  the  gifts  only  knew  how 
great  a joy  is  brought  to  those  who  receive 
them  they  would  feel  more  than  repaid  for 
their  labor,  trouble  and  expense. 


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“Utilizing;  Surplus  Material” 

This  is  a form  of  service  in  which  any  Ameri- 
can Sunday  School  can  have  a part.  Those 
who  attend  the  International  Convention  in 
Chicago,  June  23-30,  1914,  should  not  fail  to 
see  the  special  display  of  literature  and  other 
material  to  demonstrate  the  work  of  this  de- 
partment. Those  who  cannot  visit  the  exhibits 
at  Chicago  are  invited  to  write  for  information 
to  Rev.  Samuel  D.  Price,  216  Metropolitan 
Tower,  New  York,  giving  full  and  exact  name 
of  their  denomination,  and  enclosing  stamp 
for  reply. 

EXHIBITS  OF  THE  WORLD-WIDE 
WORK 

Booth  at  the  Chicago  Convention 

The  International  Association  has  granted 
the  World’s  Association  ample  space  in  the 
Medinah  Temple  for  a splendid  exhibit  of  the 
main  features  of  the  Sunday  School’s  activities 
on  the  “far-flung  battle  line”  of  the  Kingdom. 
There  will  be  a Japanese  wisteria  arbor,  in 
which  "Japanese”  in  the  costume  of  the  coun- 
try will  represent  the  interests  of  the  next 
World’s  Convention  at  Tokyo.  ’Rickishaws  and 
cherry  trees  in  blossom,  with  other  things 
suggestive  of  the  Island  Empire,  will  give  the 
prospective  delegate  a faint  fore-taste  of  the 
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flavor  he  may  enjoy  to  the  full  in  October, 
1916. 

The  Moslem  exhibit  will  be  of  unusual  in- 
terest. A real  goats’  hair  Arab  tent  will  be 
pitched  in  a miniature  desert,  and  its  occu- 
pants in  Bedouin  garb  will  give  information 
on  the  many  sides  of  work  among  the  Moslem 
children. 

The  Department  for  Utilizing  Surplus  Ma- 
terial will  also  be  represented  with  a display  of 
literature  in  the  Medinah  Temple;  and  in  addi- 
tion to  this  the  Superintendent,  Rev.  Samuel 
D.  Price,  will  give  lectures  illustrated  with 
stereopticon  in  several  of  the  Chicago  churches. 
Slides  illustrating  the  trip  of  the  Commission 
Tour  party  to  the  Orient  will  also  be  shown. 
Booth  for  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  1915 

Mr.  Harry  Morton,  of  San  Francisco,  has 
been  requested  by  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  World’s  Association  to  take  charge  of  the 
project  of  exhibiting  the  world-wide  Sunday 
School  work  at  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition 
next  year. 

“Strength  of  the  World’s  Sunday  School  Army” 

The  booklet  containing  the  statistics  of  the 
Sunday  School  as  revised  to  January  1,  1914,  is 
one  of  the  very  best  compilations  of  its  kind 
that  has  yet  appeared.  It  has  given  such  uni- 
versal satisfaction  that  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee has  expressed  in  a resolution  its  appre- 
ciation of  the  work  of  the  statistical  secretary, 
Mr.  Hugh  Cork,  of  Chicago,  representing  the 
American  Section  of  the  World’s  Committee. 

The  book  contains  48  pages  and  nearly  200 
pictures  in  colors  of  the  flags  of  all  nations. 
By  the  side  of  each  flag  is  given  the  number 
of  Sunday  Schools  in  that  nation,  the  number 
of  officers  and  teachers,  pupils  of  all  ages,  the 
total  enrollment,  the  population  of  the  country, 
and  the  proportion  of  the  population  in  the 
Sunday  School.  The  grand  total  of  Sunday 
School  membership  is  shown  to  be  30,015,037, 
an  increase  of  2,003,843  in  three  years. 

The  book  may  be  had  from  the  World’s 
Headquarters  at  ten  cents  a copy,  or  75  cents 
a dozen,  post  paid.  For  prices  on  larger  quanti- 
ties write  to  World’s  Sunday  School  Associa- 
tion, 216  Metropolitan  Tower,  New  York  City. 

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